CEU Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS), the Embassy of India in Hungary, CEU Rectorate, and CEU Department of International Relations and European Studies (IRES) hosted a public lecture on 11 January 2012 entitled “India and the EU in today’s world”. The lecture was delivered by Ambassador H.E. Gauri Shankar Gupta to a distinguished group of diplomats, ambassadors, students and university professors.

The lecture was divided into three main topics: first, basic facts on India; second, India as a fast growing economy; third, India-EU relations. The opening speech was given by John Shattuck, Rector and President of CEU, and chaired by Péter Balázs, Director of CENS and former Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs.

For a 4-minute-long video excerpt about the Indian economy given by H.E Gauri Shankar Gupta and posted on YouTube, follow the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_NKfSzrn-I

For the media coverage, please see the links below:

http://mno.hu/kulfold/indianak-a-valsag-ellenere-is-sikerul-1042947

http://www.mon.hu/az-indiai-nagykovet-szerint-orszaga-a-valsagban-is-stabil-marad/1881383

http://www.haon.hu/az-indiai-nagykovet-szerint-orszaga-a-valsagban-is-stabil-marad/1881383

http://www.boon.hu/az-indiai-nagykovet-szerint-orszaga-a-valsagban-is-stabil-marad/1881383

http://www.szon.hu/az-indiai-nagykovet-szerint-orszaga-a-valsagban-is-stabil-marad/1881383

http://euroastra.info/node/57208

http://www.napi.hu/nemzetkozi_vallalato/magyarorszagot_is_eleri_az_indiai_terjeszkedes.507545.html

http://hvg.hu/kkv/20120112_indiai_cegek_magyarorszag

http://www.elemzeskozpont.hu/content/az-indiai-nagyk%C3%B6vet-szerint-orsz%C3%A1ga-v%C3%A1ls%C3%A1gban-stabil-marad

For more information about the lecture, please see the power point presentation below.